Shade and curtain fixture



April 28, 1925.

A. CZARNYSZKA SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 10, 1921 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY? April 28, 1925.

A. CZARNYSZKA S'HADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 10, 1921 Patented Apr. 28, 1925.

i UNITED STATES ALBERT CZAB-NYSZKA, F MILXVAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Application filed June 10, 1821.

To all whom- 2'1? may concern-.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT Czanxrszka, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Fixturcsof which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combination shade and curtain fixtures.

It is the object of this invention to provide an ornamental. fixture which may be clamped to a window frame to support both shades and curtains without marring the wood work by using screws to secure the fixture.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a fixture adapted for use in the aforesaid manner upon two window frames angularly inclined to each other as in a bay window construction, the device being adjustable to adapt it for the various angular positions in whi h it may be used.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view partially in elevation and partially in perspective, of that part of the device intended for use in the angle of a bay window.

Figure is a front elevation of that form of the device which is adapted to engage a single window frame member.

Figure 3 is an elevation of one end of the device shown in Figure 2.

F igurc is an elevation of the other end of the same.

Figure is a front elevation of a form of the device which. is applicable to a double window frame such as is found where two windows are located side by side.

Figure 6 is a horizontal section thru the window casings of a bay window showing, in plan, the device illustrated in Figure 1 and a device similar to that shown in Figures 2 to 4: inclusive.

Figure 7 is a cross section thru a pair of window casings disposed side by side showing, in plan, those forms of the device shown in Figures 2 to 5 inclusive.

Like parts are-identified by the same reference characters thruout the several views.

It will be understood that for use upon. a single window frame or upon the outside frame members of a series of adjacent frames, it will be necessary to use the single form of this device as it is illustrated in Figures 1, 3, 1-, 6 and T. The device shown Serial No. 4366301.

in F igurcs 2. 3 and 4.- is identical with that shown at the right hand side of Figure 7. At the left hand side of Figure 6 there appears a device similar in all respects. to that shown at the right hand end of Figure 7 with the exception that the parts are reversed to adapt the device for application to a. left hand frame member instead of to a right hand frame member. Such a reversal of the parts is easily understood and is well known in the art and therefore, only one of these devicesthat shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4.-w.ill be described.

The body of the device, shown in F igures 2, and i, consists of a base plate 10 to the outer face of which strips 11. 1:2 and 13 may be secured to form a pair of longitudinal dove-tail grooves 14 and 15. A piece ofliber or other non-metallic material 16 may be glued to the back of the base plate 10 to prevent abrasion of the woodwork thereby.

Attached to the strips 11 and 12, or otherwise secured to base plate 10, is the up *ardly projecting post 18. Carried by this post are the two arms 19 and 20 which have a slight inclination upward from the hori- Zontal. The arms 19 and 20 are adapted" to support curtain rods of a flattened tubular form as shown in Figures 6 and 7. Pro

vision has been made for su porting two curtain rods so that both curtains and overcurtains or lambrequins may be used if desired.

In the dove-tail groove 15 is a correspondingly shaped slide 21, the inner end of which is bent at right angles (Figure 3) to form the arm 22. This arm is made -adjustablc in length by the provision of a sliding member 23 secured to the arm by means of screws which slide in slot 25 therein. At 26 the inner end of the sliding member 23 is bent inwardly at right angles (Figure 7) to frame engaging position.

Fastened upon the slide 21 is the hori- Zontall projecting post 30 which is provided with a threaded aperture adapted to receive screw 31. This screw is provided with a polygonal head 32- by which it may be operated. Spaced a slight distance from the head is a collar 33. An arm 3%, similar to arm 22, is confined between the collar and the head 32 of the screw. An extension member is adjustably secured to arm 34 by means of screws 36. At its extreme end the extension member 35 is bent at right tween. extension members 85 and 23 upon said arms arm 22 of slide 21.-

the base plate may bebroueht to bear upon the outer face of the window casing memher 9.

A small block 38 is mounted upon the This block is slotted at 39 to receive and engage the flattened end member 10 of a shade roller ll (see the e:

treme right hand end of Figure 6).

It will be noted that with the bracket clampcd'in position in the manner hitherto described, the block 38 will be mounted within the windowopening. This block is provided for the convenience of those persons who prefer to mount their shades wholly inside of the opening in the window casing.

By ,wayot provision for the mounting of shades exterior tothe opening in the window casing, a second slide is operal'ile in the dove-tail groove 10. A set screw 46 holds the slide in any desired longitudinal adjustment. Carried by said slide is a horizontally protruding post 47 which carries a block 48, similar to the block 2-38, upon arm The block 48 is slotted at 4-) to receive and engage a shade roller as shown at the right hand side of Figure By adjusting the slide 45, various lengths of shade rollers may be accomn'iodated.

The form of the device ill ustrated in Figure and at the left hand side of Figure is adapted for use upon two adjacent window casings in the same plane. It is substantially the double of the device shown in Figures 2 and 4t. The base plate is 01 great or length than the corresponding portion of the single tormoit the device. It carries two upwardly projecting members 18, each of which bears the outwardly extending arms 19 and 20. In the upper grooves 11 are two slides 15, each of which carries a post 17 and roller supporting blocks t8 and -18. The groove '15 is also provided with two slides 21. each of which carries all of the members appurtenant to slide 21 of Figure 2. The block 30, however, is provided with a left hand thread and so likewise is the screw portion 31. The screw 2-31 and the screw 31 have a common head 32. which is held in fixed relationship to they base plate 10 by means of a pair of posts 29 supported from said plate. It will be noted. that whereas block 418 is slotted, as is the cor responding block in Figure 2. block 48 is apertured to receive the opposite end otthe shade roller. Likewise the block 38 upon arm 21 is'slotted, whereas block 38' upon the arm 21 at the right hand side of Figure 5 is merely apertured. I i

Referring now to that form of the device shown in Figures 1 and. 6 and adapted for use in the angle between two frames of a bay window it will be noted that this device is an ingenious combination ot two of the'single fixture members, as described, so hinged togetherand adjustable in angle as to permit of clamping the assembled structure to two adjacent angular-1y disposed window frames. i

Two base plate members 10 and 10" are hinged together by a pintle 8. Carried by the pintle 8 at opposite ends thereof, are the two legs ot a lJ-shaped bridge member Connecting the plates 10 andlt) are three links 5?) and 54. constitutiing a toggle jointed lever. A screw is made fast to the middle link 53 and is inserted thru a suitable opening int-he bridge piece 51. .he thumb nut. threaded upon screw bears upon the bridge member 51 and may be turned up upon the screw to actuate the top lever to lessen the angle between plate members 10 and 10. A suitable lock nut 57. shown in Figure 6. serves to secure the adjustn'ient attained by wing-11111356.

The plates 10 and 10 are provided with an upper groove 1% and a lower groove 15 corresponding: in function to the similarly desigmated'grooves in the other views. The upwardly projecting members 18 upon iach ot' the base plates carrythe curtain engaging rods 19 and 20. j l

A post 29 is fixed to each of the base plates 10' and 10". The screws 31 turn freely in these posts and are threaded into the blocks 30 in slide members 21. Each of the slides 21 is provided with the arm 22 at right angles thereto and the adjustable end portion 23 carried thereby. The arm 22 at the left end of the device has a slotted block 38 mounted thereon. whereas the arm 22 at the right hand side of the device has a block 38 provided with a hole. I i Y The manner of attachment of this device is obvious. The toggle lever composed. of links 52, 53 and 54. is operated by means of screws and thumb nuts 56 to adjust the plates 10 and 1.0 to the desired angle. The heads 32 of the two screws 31 are now ()l'xltttctl separately to adjust the slides 21 to a clamping position.

As shown in Figures (3 and 7, the several members embodying this invention are adapted to be used in con'ibination as required to bring about any desired result in shade roller and curtain rod mounting upon anv COHCPlYtlblG window frame structure.

1.1-1 window shade fixture including a pair of hinged plates adapted to rest against adjacent angularly disposed surfaces, means I IUD for adjusting said plates angularly t0 conform to surfaces in a plurality of angular relations, hook-shaped devices at the end of the plates, disposed at right angles thereto and adapted to engage about portions of a window frame, clamping means associated with each of said plates, and curtain and shade roller brackets carried by each of the plates.

2. A window shade fixture including a pair of plates angularly adjustable to lie in planes disposed at various angles, means for clamping said plates to adjacent angularly disposed window casings, and means adjustable upon each plate for supporting one end of a. shade roller.

A window shade fixture including a pair of hinged plates, a toggle jointed lever connecting said plates, a screw whereby said lever is operable to vary the angular adjustment of the plates, and a clamping member adjustable relative to the free end of each plate and independently of said screw and lever.

at. In a window shade fixture, the combination with a pair of plates in angularly adjustable relation. of slide elements longitudinally adjustable with reference to each of said plates and clamping members adjustably connected with each of said slides and adapted for movement transversely with respect to the path of movement of said slides.

5. In a window shade fixture, the combination with a plate provided with inclined arms adapted to support a curtain rod, of a set of slides movable loi'igitudinally of said plate, a clamping arm of adjustable the slide, a clamping arm of adjustable length carried by said slide, a shade roller support mounted on said arm, an upwardly projecting post attached to the base plate and inclined forwardly therefrom to a point in advance of said screw, and a pair of parallel arms projecting forwardly from said post and adapted to engage and support curtain rods.

7. In a window shade fixture, the combination with a base plate, of a pair of slides movably mounted on said base plate, an adjusting bolt carried by said slides and adapted for moving the slides relatively of each other, and a pair of clamping arms, each carried by one of said slides and adapted for adjustment, whereby to adjust said arms for engagement about a portion of a window frame,

8. In a window shade fixture, the combination with a pair of members relatively adjustable for spaced relation, of a pair of clamping elements each connected with one of said members for independent adjustment thereon whereby said elements may be engaged with portions of window frames at differing relative distances from their respective members.

ALBERT CZARNYSZKA. 

